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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belie
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She stands just five feet tall, but her dainty exterior belies the inner determination that has erupted through the surface of her ill-health.
Their summer beauty, overgrown by roses and dogberries, belies the past reality of hardship and suffering.
But her casual appearance belies a steely core of ambition and determination.
Such apparent flightiness belies a solid build-up of professional experience.
The methodical process and careful attention that Gibbs has devoted to his work belies the banality of his subject.
It belies the myth of Scottish meanness, eh, what with that and Ken's generous lift the previous night.

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